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Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
Registration of Arms, Supporters, Flag and Badge
October 15, 2001
Vol. IV, p. 145
Arms of the Shaw Festival Theatre Foundation, CanadaBlazonBarry Azure and Argent a pile reversed barry counterchanged issuant from the base pilewise three flames Gules; SymbolismNot applicable |
CrestBlazonA maple tree the trunk Gules the branches and leaves Or between two like maple tree saplings; SymbolismNot applicable |
MottoBlazonBEHOLD; SymbolismNot applicable |
SupportersBlazonOn the dexter side a beaver sejant reguardant Gules the tail Or holding in the dexter forepaw a long candle enflamed proper and on the sinister side a male griffin reguardant Azure armed rayed and the forelegs Or holding in the sinister foreclaw a mirror proper the frame and handle Gules, the Supporters standing on a Compartment comprising a grassy mount growing thereon shamrocks to the dexter proper and to the sinister roses Gules barbed and seeded proper; SymbolismNot applicable |
Flag of the Shaw Festival Theatre Foundation, CanadaBlazonA standard the Arms in hoist the fly Gules charged with the Crest and to the dexter with two representations of the Badge all separated by two bends Argent inscribed with the Motto; SymbolismNot applicable |
Badge of the Shaw Festival Theatre Foundation, CanadaBlazonA roundel barry Azure and Argent overall and extending beyond its edge four flames conjoined at the centre each S-shaped proper; SymbolismNot applicable |
BackgroundCanada Gazette InformationThe announcement of the letters patent was made on February 22, 2003 in Volume 137, page 518 of the Canada Gazette. |
Additional InformationCreator(s)Not applicable PainterNot applicable CalligrapherNot applicable Recipient TypeCivil Institution
Other InformationThe recipient's emblems were originally recorded in the records of the College of Arms, London, England. |